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No. 6|0,049. Patented Aug. 30, 1898.

M. E. HENDERSUN.

C A N T 0 P.

(Application Bled May 25, 1897.)

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- DERSON, of Oolumbia, in the county of Boone MARY EVELYN HENDERSON, OFCOLUMBIA, MISSOURI.

CAN -TO P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Ne. 610,049, dated August30, 1898.

Application iiled May 25, 18497.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY EvELYN HEN- and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Can-Tops; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a can-top applicable to molasses-cans,cream-pitchers, and jars for protecting the contentsfrom insects, germs,or dirt. Y

It consists in a can-top provided at its upper end with an internal andan external or double cylinder, said cylinders being united at theirlower ends and forming an annular groove in which is mounted a slideadapted to open and close the outlet-openings in the cylinders leadingto the discharge-spout, and in certain details of construction, ashereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is a perspective view of amolasses can or pitcher complete. Fig. 2 represents a vertical sectionthrough the can and through the spout in the top thereof, with theoutlet-openings vin the top shown open. Fig. 3 is a cross or horizontalsection of the top of the can.

1 indicates the body of the can, and 2 the body of the cylindricalremovable top thereof, Which is attached to the form er, 1, by means ofa screw-joint, as shown in Fig. 2. The body 2 of said top has a cover 3,provided with an interiorly-threaded flange 4, by which it is detachablysecured to such body 2, as shown. Between the cylindrical body2 of thecan-top and the parallel integral flange 5 of the same is arranged toslide a cut-off 6- that is to say, the parts 2 and 5 are separated by anannular groove, and the slide 6 fits snugly therein, yet so as to becapable of rotation when due force is applied bymeans of its lateral armor knob 7 which projects through a horizontal arc slot 8 in the body 2of the can-top. On the opposite side of said top, adjacent to the spout9, coincident outlets or openings 10 and 11, Fig. 2, are formed in thecylinders 2 and 5. The annular cut-off 6 also has an opening or slot 12,which coincides with such slots 10 and 11 when the cutoff is adjusted,as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

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slide or cut-oif 6 is adj usted with its discharge opening or outlet 12in line with the openings 10 and 11 in the can-top proper, 2, and, asshown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, the same is so adjusted as to close thesaid openings 10 1l, such adjustment being effected by pushing the knob7 laterally, as will be readily understood. When the slide is in closedposition, air, insects, dirt, and other foreign. substances are excludedfrom access to the interior of the can.

The can is conveniently filled by unscrewing the cover 3 of the top 2,and in order to clean the said top and the body 1 of the caninteriorlythe entire top 2 is removed.

What I claim is- 1. The improved removable top for cans, comprising acylindrical body having an arc slot and interior, annular, integralflange which is separated from said body by a narrow space, a circularslide or cut-offwhich is arranged and adjustable in such space orgroove, and a lateral arm fixed on said slide and projecting through thearc slot, the said body and slide having registrable openings oroutlets, as shown and described, to operate as specified.

`2. The combination, with the can-body, of the removable top, the samebeing united by a screw-joint, said top having a vertical annular spaceor groove, also a lateral arc slot, and outlet-openings, an adjustableannular slide or cut-off arranged in such groove, having a lateral armprojecting through the arc slot, and an outlet adapted` to be placed incoincidence with the first-mentioned outlets, and the removable screwcap or cover, as shown and described.

3."A removable can-top composed of two concentric cylinders of differentdiameters united at their lower endsto .form between them an annulargroove open on top, outletopeningsthrough each, an` annular slide insaid groove for opening and closing said outlet-openings, means foroperating said slide, and a removable cap for said top, all combinedsubstantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specication in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

MARY EVELYN HENDERSON.

Witnesses:

W. W. HORNBERGER, G. W. HARRELL.

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